US9132979B1 - Shuttling nip set for media sheet inversion - Google Patents
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US5201517A (en) * | 1992-06-24 | 1993-04-13 | Xerox Corporation | Orbiting nip plural mode sheet output with faceup or facedown stacking |
US5215298A (en) * | 1992-06-24 | 1993-06-01 | Xerox Corporation | Orbiting nip sheet output with faceup or facedown stacking and integral gate |
DE4431800A1 (en) * | 1994-09-07 | 1996-03-14 | Licentia Gmbh | Device for reversing the transport direction of flat items |
US20080073837A1 (en) * | 2006-09-27 | 2008-03-27 | Xerox Corporation | Sheet buffering system |
US20080143044A1 (en) * | 2006-12-18 | 2008-06-19 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus |
US8336877B2 (en) * | 2008-08-04 | 2012-12-25 | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. | Medium discharging device and image forming apparatus |
US8433208B2 (en) * | 2009-06-09 | 2013-04-30 | Kyocera Mita Corporation | Image forming apparatus that only prompts an inspection request after a predetermined number of failures of a rotary guide member |
US20130200564A1 (en) * | 2012-02-03 | 2013-08-08 | Xerox Corporation | Inverter with adjustable reversing roll position |
US8579287B1 (en) * | 2012-08-31 | 2013-11-12 | Xerox Corporation | High speed rotary nip diverter |
US8714545B2 (en) * | 2012-07-13 | 2014-05-06 | Primax Electronics Ltd. | Paper inverting device |
US8862047B2 (en) * | 2010-03-25 | 2014-10-14 | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | Sheet curl correction apparatus and image forming apparatus |
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US5201517A (en) * | 1992-06-24 | 1993-04-13 | Xerox Corporation | Orbiting nip plural mode sheet output with faceup or facedown stacking |
US5215298A (en) * | 1992-06-24 | 1993-06-01 | Xerox Corporation | Orbiting nip sheet output with faceup or facedown stacking and integral gate |
DE4431800A1 (en) * | 1994-09-07 | 1996-03-14 | Licentia Gmbh | Device for reversing the transport direction of flat items |
US20080073837A1 (en) * | 2006-09-27 | 2008-03-27 | Xerox Corporation | Sheet buffering system |
US20080143044A1 (en) * | 2006-12-18 | 2008-06-19 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus |
US8336877B2 (en) * | 2008-08-04 | 2012-12-25 | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. | Medium discharging device and image forming apparatus |
US8433208B2 (en) * | 2009-06-09 | 2013-04-30 | Kyocera Mita Corporation | Image forming apparatus that only prompts an inspection request after a predetermined number of failures of a rotary guide member |
US8862047B2 (en) * | 2010-03-25 | 2014-10-14 | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | Sheet curl correction apparatus and image forming apparatus |
US20130200564A1 (en) * | 2012-02-03 | 2013-08-08 | Xerox Corporation | Inverter with adjustable reversing roll position |
US8714545B2 (en) * | 2012-07-13 | 2014-05-06 | Primax Electronics Ltd. | Paper inverting device |
US8579287B1 (en) * | 2012-08-31 | 2013-11-12 | Xerox Corporation | High speed rotary nip diverter |
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US9550647B1 (en) * | 2015-10-14 | 2017-01-24 | Xerox Corporation | Self-setting exit roll assembly |
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